Comments on: The Impending Tablet Flood — What to Expect http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/ Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gman http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439874 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:32:50 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439874 Interesting. I’m glad you cleared up your enthusiasm for tablets, which may (actually it totally does) show your bias about the iPad. Not nit picking of course, but it’s always better knowing more about a person writing a story or review of something they actually really like before actually using it.

That said, tablets. Let’s see. The impeding rush? I’m going to say the rush for what? The treasure and gold at the end of the rainbow?

The reality comes down to 2 things. Usage and cost. Tablets usage is not a be all end all. A computer, netbook, laptop can do EVERYTHING you need. Smartphones can do pretty much most things and that list keeps on growing.

Talking cost? When you can read ebooks with your laptops that weighs about the same as a tablet, yet the computer has the keyboard, um, where is that market for these? I mean, aside from the stiffs in the board rooms.

Apple has done it. They have made a miracle device. It’s popular all right, there is no denying that. However, the entire table onslaught is based on a false market. Sure a few people with extra money might buy them, but seriously. Netbooks were born out of need. Tablets are born out of… the success of the iPad? It’s funny.

2 reasons they fail faster than they release them. Cost because you can probably buy 2 or 3 ereaders for the price of 1 tablet. Second reason, usage. A glorified ereader/netbook that lacks a keyboard is about as useful as well, I’m not sure. Buy a keyboard dock and great you have what you should have bought in the first place.

]]> By: Nameless http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439873 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:14:42 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439873 “…the Stylus DIED a long long time ago.”

Well, maybe those plastic toothpicks are dead, but tablet computing is worth NOTHING without a good Wacom pen. You read that right-if it does not have some sort of active pen digitizer, your device does not deserve a single cent from me. Capacitive multi-touch is optional, but the pen is MANDATORY. (Both would be ideal, however, and it’s not impossible-see all the touch + pen Tablet PCs currently on the market.)

The problem is that said pen isn’t being used correctly. It is not a simple mouse alternative. It is a different input method and should be treated as such. That is what Courier promised…oh wait, we won’t be getting that after all.

They need to think beyond keyboard and mouse, and plain text for that matter. Think pen and paper…but what if the paper wasn’t so static? That it was a more dynamic, interactive medium that could be edited with ease? That is what I want out of tablet computing.

Alas, Windows-based Tablet PCs with OneNote, SketchBook Pro, etc. are the closest I’m going to get to this for the time being, maybe until the Kno releases (and that device is just way too big with dual 14″ screens; even a single 14″ screen would be a bit much to manage).

]]> By: Scott http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439872 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:28:26 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439872 I don’t put any faith in the current rumors about smaller-sized iPads, for the simple reason that neither version of the current iOS would work with those devices – they’re too small for the iPad interface features, but the iPhone features would be ridiculous, especially on a 7″ device. Apple puts far too much weight on the user experience to release a device without an interface specifically tailored to it, and they’ve got too many irons in the fire right now to spend valuable time working up yet another interface variation for iOS.

]]> By: CTSLICK http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439871 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:27:01 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439871 I want to believe that HP is going to get webOS on a tablet in short order. The UI is perfect for that type of device. I’ve yet to see its Android equal. However, the cynic in me thinks that HP will move too slowly and ultimately get lost in a sea of Android based tablets.

]]> By: CTSLICK http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439870 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:20:55 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439870 Actually, those at MS who are responsible for squandering their early advantage in the tablet world are the ones who should be fired. Had they followed through we could be happily using a 3rd generation Win7 based successor to the TC1100 which remains, arguably, one of the best form factors produced for a Windows tablet. The death of the Courier is just another example of MS throwing away a perfectly good and eminently executable idea.

]]> By: Guaranteed seo http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439869 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:41:13 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439869 I think Apple iPhone 4G has some kind of Tablet built in, so that you can draw on the screen and then transfer to your pc

]]> By: JR http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439868 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:32:09 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439868 So is the microsoft courier officially dead now? I was so looking forward to that one as my schoolboy dream was to have an electronic slate for doodling when I was bored :) I’d have brought it just to shout at the top of my lungs “FINALLY, I HAVE MY DOODLE SLATE” :D. The fact that it could be used everyday in the business world would just be a bonus. Might become more of a distraction in boring board meetings than an asset encouraging creativity though :)

]]> By: jedibeeftrix http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439867 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:28:14 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439867 I want a Nokia/MeeGo tablet, and nowt else.

http://jedibeeftrix.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/ultimate-convergance-device-nokia-and-the-meego-tablet-phone/

]]> By: Tai-Pan http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439866 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:17:01 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439866 There are plenty of decent resources for .apk files (Android apps) that tablet owners can go to to download apps… all you need to do is set up your Android OS to accept applications from “unknown sources” under settings>applications>

Then check your downloads history in your browser and select the file you want install.

Easy peasy

]]> By: J Allard http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/the-impending-tablet-flood-what-to-expect/#comment-439865 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:48:07 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=65907#comment-439865 __)-)
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Microsoft Sheep ! Now is the time to unite against our fearless egghead leader and stop this madman from releasing Windows 7 on a slate computer. Ballmer it is time for you to pack your bags and get the hell out of Redmond, nobody wants you around here no more, you have single-handedly devalued this corporation by fifty percent since you were given (not earned) the CEO position. Go Now and don’t let the door hit you on your way out, we wouldn’t want to sue you for damages.

For the love of God, Family and all things Good, please lord do NOT attempt to put Windoze 7 on a true tablet.
We have already been down this road and its a dead end.
Somebody tell those clowns in executive penguin suits in Redmond that the Stylus DIED a long long time ago.

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